1. In the two weeks approaching the mid term elections, what % of coverage did FoxNews dedicate to coverage of the caravan in Central America? 3 percent of 15-second segments over the course of a day were dedicated to the caravan.
2. Compare mentions on CNN and Fox on Monday & Tuesday to mentions on Wednesday & Thursday. Each had mentioned it more than 80 times, but that dropped off to less than 80 times across four news channels combined.
3. Which of the four networks covered by the chart devoted the most coverage to the caravan? Fox Business dedicated the most coverage.
4. Where does the article claim that the caravan is currently? They have reached Mexico city and will continue to push on after a few days break.
5. What other stories may have taken coverage away from the caravan? Midterms, Jeff Sessions, and Trump and the press have gotten more news time recently.
6. How did Trump impact coverage of the caravan leading up to the election? He saw it as "a campaign issue in multiple speeches," causing coverage to decline.
7. What event had a similar impact on the 2016 election? FBI's Comey announcing Hillary Clinton's emails
8. What event had a similar impact on the 2014 election? The Ebola outbreak
9. Why does the article suggest that Fox may have covered the caravan more than other networks? It suggests that they did so because their audience is largely supportive of the president.
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Thursday, November 8, 2018
1. Why don't all polls close at exactly the same time?
People who are in line at 7/8 pm get to stay and vote, and the length of that line can be different at every station.
2. What do poll workers at each site have to do once voting is complete in order for votes to be counted?
They have to shut down the machines, put all the memory cards into one machine, and then print multiple copies of the receipt with vote totals.
3. In what ways are the actual vote counts delivered from actual polling places to the central location of election administration? They can be delivered by a phone call, voting machines can transmit it electronically, or memory cards can be physically delivered.
4. Why might the votes come in slower from rural areas?
They might be far from the headquarters.
5. Why might journalists be the first source of election results in some states but not in all states?
Some state's websites will not and then others do not provide results the night of.
6. Why may absentee ballots slow the official election results? States will count them if they are postmarked with the date of election day, so they have to wait for all of those to come in.
7. What are provisional ballots?
They are filled out if someone does not appear to be a registered voter, but they are tallied last.
8. Why are the official results made public much later than when the election is "called"?
"each vote is counted and verified, then officially certified, first by the local counties and then by the secretary of state or state Board of Elections."
9. Why was the speed of getting election results emphasized during the Progressive Era?
" the faster the votes were counted, the less time there was for shenanigans."
Thursday, November 1, 2018
1. What is the actual change Trump wants to make to US citizenship policy?
"...he wants to use an executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the US to unauthorized immigrant parents."
2. What does the Constitution say about citizenship?
The 14th Amendment which says that all persons born in the US and “subject to the jurisdiction of its laws” are citizens.
3. How does Trump give false information about the US compared to the rest of the world about this issue?
"He claims the US is the only country that does this, but more than 30 do."
4. What steps would have to take place before Trump was ready to sign an executive order?
"it would need extensive review from the Department of Justice (specifically the Office of Legal Counsel) to assess its legality, and from the Department of Homeland Security and other departments to work out consequences."
5. What did the Supreme Court decide in Wong Kim Ark?
It states that "the children of noncitizens born in the United States are citizens."
6. Why might the Trump Administration feel that INS v Rios Pineda gives him legal grounds to issue this EO?
"The Supreme Court has never explicitly held, as a matter of law, that children of unauthorized immigrants born in the United States are citizens." "The statement was just dicta, or rhetoric."
7. Why might recent changes to the Supreme Court make the president confident that the SC would side with his actions?
He has many people on the Court that he has appointed and that side with him meaning they just might do what he says.
"...he wants to use an executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the US to unauthorized immigrant parents."
2. What does the Constitution say about citizenship?
The 14th Amendment which says that all persons born in the US and “subject to the jurisdiction of its laws” are citizens.
3. How does Trump give false information about the US compared to the rest of the world about this issue?
"He claims the US is the only country that does this, but more than 30 do."
4. What steps would have to take place before Trump was ready to sign an executive order?
"it would need extensive review from the Department of Justice (specifically the Office of Legal Counsel) to assess its legality, and from the Department of Homeland Security and other departments to work out consequences."
5. What did the Supreme Court decide in Wong Kim Ark?
It states that "the children of noncitizens born in the United States are citizens."
6. Why might the Trump Administration feel that INS v Rios Pineda gives him legal grounds to issue this EO?
"The Supreme Court has never explicitly held, as a matter of law, that children of unauthorized immigrants born in the United States are citizens." "The statement was just dicta, or rhetoric."
7. Why might recent changes to the Supreme Court make the president confident that the SC would side with his actions?
He has many people on the Court that he has appointed and that side with him meaning they just might do what he says.
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